The debate between big displacement and high revving engines has long been a topic of discussion among automotive enthusiasts. Each engine type offers unique characteristics that can influence ...

Daud Gonzalez is a lifelong car enthusiast and automotive writer with a specialty in modified and race-ready rides. He spends most of his time modifying his cars and ruining them in the process. He is ...

The V6 engine still doesn't get the credit it deserves, but these five powerplants prove that the configuration can lead to epic results. When the first mass-produced automotive V6 came into being in ...

Growing up, Motor Trend was basically Chris' bible. With an ever growing TikTok fan base, Chris decided it was time to take the more serious journalistic approach to talking about his favorite subject ...

Engine additives are to cars what protein powders are to gym-goers: passionately praised by some as essential for performance, dismissed by others as mere hype or snake oil. Although modern synthetic ...

Most inline-four engines use a flat-plane crank, meaning two pistons rise while two fall, giving perfect primary balance and even 180-degree firing intervals. Yamaha broke from this in 2009 with the ...

The demon of engine knock is something an owner of a traditional high-performance Pontiac knows all too well. An engine designed when 102-octane high test was at almost every fuel station in the ...

Though it's rare and might be considered an oddity by some enthusiasts, the inline-five has proved its worth on numerous occasions, particularly under the hood of these iconic performance cars.